What is the Quality of Care at Guardian Medical Centre

Positive

"The practice provides a range of enhanced services for example: extended hours childhood vaccination and immunisation schemes checks for patients who have a learning disability and avoiding unplanned hospital admissions."

Neutral

"For example a register of people who had a learning disability was maintained to ensure patients were provided with an annual health check and to ensure longer appointments were provided for patients who required these."

Positive

"The practice provides a range of enhanced services for example: extended hours childhood vaccination and immunisation schemes checks for patients who have a learning disability and avoiding unplanned hospital admissions."

Neutral

"For example a register of people who had a learning disability was maintained to ensure patients were provided with an annual health check and to ensure longer appointments were provided for patients who required these."

Positive

"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia The practice is rated as good for the care of people experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia."

Neutral

"The practice provided an enhanced service for screening patients to identify patients at risk of dementia and to develop care plans with them."

Positive

"Screening uptake for bowel cancer and breast cancer were higher than local and national averages."

Positive

"The practice also encouraged patients to attend national screening programmes for bowel and breast cancer and screening rates were similar to the national average."

Positive

"This included conditions such as diabetes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD cardio vascular disease and hypertension."

Positive

"For example staff who provided care and treatment to patients with longterm conditions had been provided with training in the relevant topics such as diabetes podiatry and spirometry."

Positive

"They were also offered flu immunisations and health checks."

Positive

"• Data about how people with mental health needs were supported showed that outcomes for patients using this practice were comparable to average."

Positive

"• The practice provided primary care to patients living in a local facility for people with enduring mental health needs."

Positive

"People experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia The practice is rated as good for the care of people experiencing poor mental health including people with dementia."

Neutral

"• Patients experiencing poor mental health were informed about how to access a range of support groups and voluntary organisations."

Neutral

"• The performance for mental health related indicators was comparable to or in some cases higher than the national average."